On Tuesday, April 5 at 1:30pm the Pierson Library is hosting Michael Tougias, the author of “The Finest Hours,” a survival and rescue novel detailing a thrilling tale of rescue at sea. The book has been made into a movie starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck, but Tougias’s presentation promises to be just as exciting… Read More »

“A logical progression,” is how Alex von Stange described his newest endeavor. At the Mar. 22 Selectboard meeting, he was appointed as a member of the Development Review Board (DRB). The move made him the first student member of a Commission, Board or Committee (CBC) to make the shift from a non-voting position to being… Read More »

Many exciting new mutually beneficial relationships may have been hatched last Wednesday evening as members of the Shelburne Business and Professional Association met for a networking meeting at Shelburne’s Pierson Library and heard of an amazing number of ways the business community and the library can benefit one another. Pierson Librarian Lara Keenan was ready… Read More »

By Officer Josh Flore On March 25, 2015, Mike Thomas was sitting in his doctor’s office waiting to find out the results. It had been a long two days; his rheumatologist had been trying to figure out what ailed Mike for several weeks. When the most recent diagnosis and treatment did not work, Mike had… Read More »

By Victoria Tamas, Contributing Writer Last month, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture awarded the Champlain Valley Union High School a Farm-to-School planning grant of $2,500 as part of a $70,000 total awarded to ten schools around Vermont. The grant program, in its ninth year, has so far reached 101 schools, impacting 27,000 students. What is… Read More »

Though there was a noticeable lack of duck lips, and no one ended up posting their hottest picture on Instagram, selfies were the main scene last week at Wake Robin in Shelburne. Thanks to Carly Stine and the Champlain Valley Union High School students who volunteer with her through the nonprofit Technology for Tomorrow, sixteen… Read More »

By Deborah Straw Floating Threads: Indonesian Songket and Similar Weaving Traditions By Judi Achjadi. Tuttle Publishing, Spring 2016, hardcover, $60.00 This new coffee table book from Tuttle Publishing, headquartered in North Clarendon, Vermont, is a gem. The intriguing title and the luscious cover pull you toward them, asking you to put off what you’re doing,… Read More »

Wind Ridge Books and the Flying Pig Bookstore are hosting an author event at Shelburne Town Hall on Friday, April 1 from 4pm to 6pm. Vermont authors and sisters Cam Sato and Abbie Bowker will read from their book Woolly Bear Winter and Vermonter Ruth Wallace-Brodeur will read from her book The Comstock Crimebusters. The… Read More »

Rehearsals are in full swing for Shelburne Players’ spring comedy “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue. The story takes place in a fishing lodge in rural Georgia where two Englishmen, Froggy and Charlie, arrive as guests. Shy Charlie agrees to accompany Froggy on the trip, but is not in the mood to engage with the other… Read More »

The South County Chorus and members of the Hinesburg Artist Series Orchestra, under the direction of Rufus C. Patrick, will perform the Mozart Requiem on Sunday, April 10 at 5:00pm at All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne. Guest artists are Soprano Sarah Cullins, Alto Amy Patrick, Tenor Adam Hall, and Bass Gary Moreau. The South… Read More »